diff --git a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/LineArea.java b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/LineArea.java
index 0fe18b6fa1..8da953a476 100644
--- a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/LineArea.java
+++ b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/LineArea.java
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ public void setBaseLevel(byte baseLevel) {
 
 	@Override
 	public void addChild(IArea area) {
-		// FIXME ?
 		int childHorizontalSpan = area.getX() + area.getWidth();
 		int childVerticalSpan = area.getY() + area.getHeight();
 
@@ -122,8 +121,8 @@ public void align(boolean endParagraph, LayoutContext context) {
 		boolean isJustified = CSSValueConstants.JUSTIFY_VALUE.equals(align) && !endParagraph;
 
 		// single line
-		int spacing = width - currentIP;
-		spacing -= adjustSpacingForSoftHyphen();
+		int spaceRemaining = width - currentIP;
+		spaceRemaining -= adjustSpacingForSoftHyphen();
 		int adjustLeftWhiteSpace = ignoreLeftMostWhiteSpace();
 		int adjustRightWhiteSpace = ignoreRightMostWhiteSpace();
 		if ((isRightAligned)) {
@@ -131,19 +130,19 @@ public void align(boolean endParagraph, LayoutContext context) {
 			while (iter.hasNext()) {
 				AbstractArea area = (AbstractArea) iter.next();
 				if (parent.content.isDirectionRTL()) {
-					area.setPosition(spacing + area.getX(), area.getY());
+					area.setPosition(spaceRemaining + area.getX(), area.getY());
 				} else {
-					area.setPosition(spacing + area.getX() + adjustRightWhiteSpace, area.getY());
+					area.setPosition(spaceRemaining + area.getX() + adjustRightWhiteSpace, area.getY());
 				}
 			}
 		} else if (isCentered) {
 			Iterator<IArea> iter = getChildren();
 			while (iter.hasNext()) {
 				AbstractArea area = (AbstractArea) iter.next();
-				area.setPosition(spacing / 2 + area.getX() - adjustLeftWhiteSpace + adjustRightWhiteSpace, area.getY());
+				area.setPosition(spaceRemaining / 2 + area.getX() - adjustLeftWhiteSpace + adjustRightWhiteSpace, area.getY());
 			}
 		} else if (isJustified) {
-			justify(spacing, adjustLeftWhiteSpace, adjustRightWhiteSpace);
+			justify(spaceRemaining, adjustLeftWhiteSpace, adjustRightWhiteSpace);
 		} else {
 			// is left aligned
 			if (parent.content != null && !parent.content.isDirectionRTL()) {
@@ -182,6 +181,7 @@ private int adjustSpacingForSoftHyphen() {
 	private int ignoreRightMostWhiteSpace() {
 		if (lastTextArea != null) {
 			String text = lastTextArea.getText();
+			int letterSpacing = lastTextArea.getTextStyle().getLetterSpacing();
 			if (null != text) {
 				char[] charArray = text.toCharArray();
 				int len = charArray.length;
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ private int ignoreRightMostWhiteSpace() {
 					len--;
 				}
 				if (len != charArray.length) {
-					return lastTextArea.getTextWidth(text.substring(len));
+					return (1 + charArray.length - len) * letterSpacing
+							+ lastTextArea.getTextWidth(text.substring(len));
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ private int ignoreLeftMostWhiteSpace() {
 		TextArea firstTextArea = findFirstNonEmptyTextArea(this);
 		if (firstTextArea != null) {
 			String text = firstTextArea.getText();
+			int letterSpacing = lastTextArea.getTextStyle().getLetterSpacing();
 			if (null != text) {
 				char[] charArray = text.toCharArray();
 				int len = 0;
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ private int ignoreLeftMostWhiteSpace() {
 					len++;
 				}
 				if (len > 0) {
-					return firstTextArea.getTextWidth(text.substring(0, len));
+					return len * letterSpacing + firstTextArea.getTextWidth(text.substring(0, len));
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/TextArea.java b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/TextArea.java
index b78d89bdb2..c94b769f2c 100644
--- a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/TextArea.java
+++ b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/TextArea.java
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ private String calculateText() {
 	 *
 	 * @since 4.14
 	 */
-	public void addWord(int textLength, WordWidth wordWidth) {
+	public void addWord(int textLength, WordWidth wordWidth, int letterSpacing) {
 		this.textLength += textLength;
-		this.width += wordWidth.width;
+		this.width += wordWidth.width + textLength * letterSpacing;
 		this.softHyphenWidth = wordWidth.softHyphenWidth;
 	}
 
@@ -332,13 +332,18 @@ public void accept(IAreaVisitor visitor) {
 		visitor.visitText(this);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the text width, ignoring wordSpacing and letterSpacing.
+	 *
+	 * @param text
+	 * @return text width
+	 */
 	public int getTextWidth(String text) {
 		FontInfo fontInfo = style.getFontInfo();
 		if (null != fontInfo) {
 			return (int) (style.getFontInfo().getWordWidth(text) * PDFConstants.LAYOUT_TO_PDF_RATIO);
-		} else {
-			return 0;
 		}
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/TextCompositor.java b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/TextCompositor.java
index 9e00583aea..0ec90bf65e 100644
--- a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/TextCompositor.java
+++ b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/TextCompositor.java
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ private void addWordIntoTextArea(TextArea textArea, Word word) {
 
 		int adjustWordSize = fontInfo.getItalicAdjust() + width;
 		if (textArea.hasSpace(adjustWordSize + wordWidth.softHyphenWidth * letterSpacing)) {
-			addWord(textArea, textLength, wordWidth);
+			addWord(textArea, textLength, wordWidth, letterSpacing);
 			wordVestige = null;
 			if (remainWords.hasWord()) {
 				// test if we can append the word spacing
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ private void addWordIntoTextArea(TextArea textArea, Word word) {
 				} else {
 					// If width of a word is larger than the max line width,
 					// add it into the line directly.
-					addWord(textArea, textLength, wordWidth);
+					addWord(textArea, textLength, wordWidth, letterSpacing);
 				}
 			} else {
 				wordVestige = null;
@@ -401,26 +401,27 @@ private void doWordBreak(String str, TextArea area) {
 		IHyphenationManager hm = new DefaultHyphenationManager();
 		Hyphenation wb = hm.getHyphenation(str);
 		FontInfo fi = area.getStyle().getFontInfo();
+		int letterSpacing = textStyle.getLetterSpacing();
 		if (area.getMaxWidth() < 0) {
-			addWordVestige(area, 1, new WordWidth(fi, wb.getHyphenText(0, 1)), str.substring(1));
+			addWordVestige(area, 1, new WordWidth(fi, wb.getHyphenText(0, 1)), str.substring(1), letterSpacing);
 			return;
 		}
 		int endHyphenIndex = hyphen(0, area.getMaxWidth() - area.getWidth(), wb, fi);
 		// current line can't even place one character. Force to add the first
 		// character into the line.
 		if (endHyphenIndex == 0 && area.getWidth() == 0) {
-			addWordVestige(area, 1, new WordWidth(fi, wb.getHyphenText(0, 1)), str.substring(1));
+			addWordVestige(area, 1, new WordWidth(fi, wb.getHyphenText(0, 1)), str.substring(1), letterSpacing);
 		} else {
 			WordWidth wordWidth = new WordWidth(fi, wb.getHyphenText(0, endHyphenIndex));
 			// Take letter spacing into account
 			wordWidth = new WordWidth(wordWidth.width + textStyle.getLetterSpacing() * (endHyphenIndex - 1), 0);
-			addWordVestige(area, endHyphenIndex, wordWidth, str.substring(endHyphenIndex));
+			addWordVestige(area, endHyphenIndex, wordWidth, str.substring(endHyphenIndex), letterSpacing);
 		}
 	}
 
 	private void addWordVestige(TextArea area, int vestigeTextLength, WordWidth vestigeWordWidth,
-			String vestigeString) {
-		addWord(area, vestigeTextLength, vestigeWordWidth);
+			String vestigeString, int letterSpacing) {
+		addWord(area, vestigeTextLength, vestigeWordWidth, letterSpacing);
 		if (vestigeString.length() == 0) {
 			wordVestige = null;
 		} else {
@@ -469,8 +470,8 @@ private WordWidth getWordWidth(FontInfo fontInfo, Word word) {
 		return new WordWidth(fontInfo, word.getValue());
 	}
 
-	private void addWord(TextArea textArea, int textLength, WordWidth wordWidth) {
-		textArea.addWord(textLength, wordWidth);
+	private void addWord(TextArea textArea, int textLength, WordWidth wordWidth, int letterSpacing) {
+		textArea.addWord(textLength, wordWidth, letterSpacing);
 	}
 
 	private void addWord(TextArea textArea, int textLength) {